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In Syria, a teen’s faith helps during civil war
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PITER ESSA, 17, just graduated from High School in Aleppo, Syria. Piter, who is Syriac-Orthodox, tells Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) about some ...
Pope Francis blesses 6,000 rosaries, gifts to console Syrian families—ACN sponsors initiative
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niON THE FEAST of the Assumption, August 15, Pope Francis, during the Angelus prayer in St Peter’s Square, blessed 6,000 rosaries destined for Syria. They ...
The future of Christians in Iraq, five years after ISIS invasion
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"We Christians are a people of hope. But facing the end also brings us clarity, and with it the courage to finally speak the truth. ...
On Iraq’s Nineveh Plains, a priest tells his flock to be courageous
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FATHER DURAID Barber is a priest of the Syriac-Catholic Archdiocese of Mosul, Kirkuk and Kurdistan. Born and raised in Qaraqosh, a Christian town on the ...
Family of kidnapped Christian in Egypt: ‘We fear torture and savage death’
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" ... Militants clad in khaki stopped the vehicle. When they discovered that Uncle Adeeb was a Christian, they asked him to get out. Our ...
Church in Syria suffers ‘bleeding wound’ of emigration
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"We have to strengthen the faith of the people, anchor them in this country, and encourage them to be witnesses of Christ, to be the ...
Iraqi prelate waits, longs for better times for his Church and his people
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"However, we still lack the funds to complete the reconstruction of all the homes that were very badly damaged or completely destroyed; we are waiting ...
After eight years of war, ACN continues to support Syria’s Christians with vital aid
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The Syrian civil war has caused the greatest humanitarian catastrophe since World War II, with some 12 million refugees and Internally Displaced People. Today, Christians ...
A TEEN from Aleppo, Syria reflects on civil war
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“When I was young, my relationship with God was good, but since then, I’ve struggled at times. I always ask, ‘Why, Lord, why all this ...
Proceeds from papal sale of Lamborghini go to help Iraqi Christians on Nineveh Plains
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The village was badly damaged during the fighting of recent years but the Christian community has returned—in large numbers. By now, 405 of the 580 ...